From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Hong Xu <hong@topbug.net>
Cc: 38026@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38026: [PATCH] Explain negative NABS in `goto-history-element'.
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 19:54:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83sgn6i2pl.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86065fb6-a830-a575-f5c4-7cae336a768d@topbug.net> (message from Hong Xu on Sat, 2 Nov 2019 10:07:03 -0700)
> Cc: 38026@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Hong Xu <hong@topbug.net>
> Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 10:07:03 -0700
>
> On 11/2/19 1:03 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Thanks, but I don't see how this clarifies the issue. Can you tell
> > more about your motivation?
> >
>
> The motivation is to clarify what a negative NABS means. From the current document, it is unclear that NABS can be negative.
In that case, the patch is insufficient. First, we don't document
minibuffer-default in the manual, so referencing it will leave the
reader wondering what it is, and how it is set and used. Second, the
doc string of goto-history-element should also explain what is the
meaning of negative values. And third, several functions bind
minibuffer-default to certain values, and I'm not sure this variable
can usefully be documented in a manual.
So I think the text needs not reference minibuffer-default, but
instead talk about "future history", like the Emacs manual does.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-11-02 17:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-11-02 1:08 bug#38026: [PATCH] Explain negative NABS in `goto-history-element' Hong Xu
2019-11-02 8:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-02 17:07 ` Hong Xu
2019-11-02 17:54 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2019-11-03 5:11 ` Hong Xu
2019-11-09 9:46 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-09 18:48 ` Hong Xu
2019-11-09 20:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
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